The Learned Owl Book Shop, January 15, 2015
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Kate's Corner

It's hard to believe we are midway through January already. The weather outside is pretty frightful. It's a good thing there are so many wonderful new books coming out this month.

Looking to revisit a classic? Try To Kill a Mockingbird and come out to one of the many events the library has planned for Mockingbird Month. We have been working very hard with the library to put together a trial version of a One Community One Read based around Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird. Your participation and feedback are greatly appreciated. We would really like to make this a yearly event, so please be sure to let us know what you think.

Until next month, stay warm and happy reading!

- Kate
Authors, book groups, & storytimes

January 16-31
In conjunction with the Hudson Library's Mockingbird Month, The Learned Owl and other Merchants of Hudson businesses will be hosting a Scavenger Hunt. Stay tuned for details!

Saturday, Jan. 17,
1-3 PM (at The Owl)
History Press author Alan Dutka with his book AsiaTown Cleveland: From Tong Wars to Dim Sum.

Sunday, Jan. 18,
2 PM (at The Owl)
The Learned Owl's History Book Club will meet to discuss the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Read any book on this subject and join the discussion! [more]

Thursday, Jan. 22, 7 PM
(at Viva Bene Gourmet, behind All Brides Beautiful)
Join us for a wine tasting/book discussion as our Book Club in a Bar discusses The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.

Saturday, Jan. 24,
11 AM (at The Owl)
Children's book author Liliana Leone with Les Cinq Eiffels / The Five Eiffels, a story of five magical creatures who live at the Louvre in Paris. Educational and entertaining, the book will capture your child's imagination!

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 7 PM
(at the Hudson Library)
Marja Mills speaks about her book The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee. Register for this free program online or call (330) 653-6658
x 1010. This is part of the library's Mockingbird Month.

Saturday, Jan. 31,
1-3 PM (at The Owl)
Author Mary Lee Corlett and illustrator Sophie Cayless will share their children's book Belle's Wild Ride: The Artful Adventure of a Butterfly and a Cabbie, which was written to encourage a greater understanding and appreciation of art in children.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 PM
(at the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library)
Meet award-winning journalist, sports columnist and author Terry Pluto. Terry will discuss his newest book which he coauthored with Tom Hamilton, Glory Days in Tribe Town. Register here for this event.

Friday, Feb. 13,
7 PM (location TBA)
Our Book Club in a Bar is very excited to welcome author Michael Sears, whose new book, Long Way Down, will be released in February. Stay tuned for details!
Quick Links
New this month

 

Story ThievesStory Thieves by James Riley 

[Aladdin, $16.99; available Jan. 20]

A hilarious, action-packed series launches with a story-within-a-story, from the bestselling author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.
Life is boring when you live in the real world, instead of starring in your own book series. Owen knows that better than anyone, what with the real world's homework and chores.
But everything changes the day Owen sees the impossible happen - his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the library. It turns out Bethany's half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.
Bethany can't let anyone else learn her secret, so Owen makes her a deal: All she has to do is take him into a book in Owen's favorite Kiel Gnomenfoot series, and he'll never say a word. Besides, visiting the book might help Bethany find her father... Or it might just destroy the Kiel Gnomenfoot series, reveal Bethany's secret to the entire world, and force Owen to live out Kiel Gnomenfoot's final (very final) adventure.

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Book of the Dead

Tombquest Book 1: Book of the Dead

by Michael Northrop 

[Scholastic Inc., $12.99; available Jan. 27]

From the team that brought you The 39 Clues and Spirit Animals comes a brand new epic Egyptian adventure!
Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what all the doctors say, but his mother knows it's not true. She knows that the Lost Spells of the Egyptian Book of the Dead can crack open a door to the afterlife and pull her son back from the brink. But when she uses the spells, five evil ancients - the Death Walkers - are also brought back to life.
An ancient evil has been unleashed. Mummies are awakening. New York is overrun with scorpions. And worst of all for Alex, his mom and the Lost Spells have both disappeared. He and his best friend, Ren, will do anything to find his mom and save the world... even if that means going head-to-head with a Death Walker who has been plotting his revenge for 3,000 years.
Read the book, then continue the adventure online! Build an Egyptian tomb of your own, hide treasure and protect it with traps, then challenge your friends to play!

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The Dark Wild The Dark Wild by Piers Torday

[Viking Children's Books, $16.99; 

available Jan. 22]

Twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong.
Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: animals who believe the time is right to rise up against their human enemies. And soon Kester realizes that he is the only one who can stop them. Kester Jaynes saved the animals. Can he save the humans too?
The sequel to Piers Torday's The Last Wild takes the adventure from country to city, with all of the first book's excitement, humor, and heart.
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Winter hours

Mon.-Fri.: 9 AM-7 PM
Saturday: 10 AM-7 PM
Sunday: Noon-5 PM

We will be CLOSED from 5 PM January 31 through Sunday, February 1, for inventory. We will reopen at 9 AM on February 2.
Start a new series - or catch up with
a favorite!
Five Kingdoms
Bad Kitty
Dragonbreath
Wings of Fire
Seekers
Geronimo Stitlon
Ghosts of War
A Dark Inheritance
Thanks for supporting The Learned Owl Book Shop. Happy reading!